Our poet is happy to be known as triciaV. They provided this note on the poem: “Shibari is the ancient Japanese art of Knot tying in intricate pattern s on the body and as such has been incorporated into the bondage aspect of BDSM.The experience is said to be sensual and can be sexual too as in this poem.It is said to heighten the sexual experience and give an elevated high called subspace to the person in bondage.”